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PaulK Member Posts: 17825 Joined: Member Rating: 2.2
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In other words, Trump was Trump.
Everything he likes is the greatest ever, everything he doesn't is a disaster. And anyone who disagrees is lying. This is exactly how he has been acting on Twitter. It should surprise nobody who has been following his recent actions.
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Porosity Member (Idle past 2114 days) Posts: 158 From: MT, USA Joined:
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And Trump voters loved it. It's a crying shame Bernie did not get elected. Now Trump supporters can't get the mental health care they so desperately need.
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vimesey Member (Idle past 93 days) Posts: 1398 From: Birmingham, England Joined:
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Democracy's greatest weakness will always be that the large majority of voters will lack the capacity, or experience, or time to understand in sufficient depth, the issues upon which they are voting - and its greatest tragedy that they will believe the contrary.
Edited by vimesey, : Autocorrect's incorrect grammar. Edited by vimesey, : No reason given.Could there be any greater conceit, than for someone to believe that the universe has to be simple enough for them to be able to understand it ?
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NoNukes Inactive Member
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And Trump voters loved it. This is exactly what I expected. Despite the fact that Trump's approval ratings are in the toilet. Every poll I have seen suggests that 90% of Trump voters feel the opposite of the way that I and most posters here feel about Trump's performance to date. At least part of that is because what I view as Trump successes are largely things I am not in favor of, for example getting those pipeline projects going again and putting holes in the ACA. It may well be that Trump's decision that the IRS is not going to check to see if folks are supposed to pay the penalty for not having insurance will kill the ACA off. Another part is that folks in favor of keeping all Muslim's out of the country probably share Trump's view regarding the courts putting his orders on hold. Finally, what many folks saw as a bumbling fool putting on a press conference probably looked to some folks like a non-politician doing his best to stand up to media folks that they already disbelieve. From that CNN article quoted by ThinAirDesign:
quote: Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. Thomas Jefferson Seems to me if its clear that certain things that require ancient dates couldn't possibly be true, we are on our way to throwing out all those ancient dates on the basis of the actual evidence. -- Faith Some of us are worried about just how much damage he will do in his last couple of weeks as president, to make it easier for the NY Times and Washington post to try to destroy Trump's presidency. -- marc9000
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jar Member (Idle past 414 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined:
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Mar a Largo sits 3 meters above sea level. Good thing Global Warming is another hoax.
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LamarkNewAge Member Posts: 2313 Joined: |
Here is a quote from Theodoric, and understand that it was a response to a post about the threat of nationalism and nationalistic views.
{content hidden - too divergent from the topic, and too likely to result in even further divergences see Message 387 and Message 392 -- AdminModulous} quote: Then NoNukes
quote: Google https://www.washingtonpost.com/...n-among-blacks-and-latinos rant are actually on topic. The rest is your usual.
quote: Also see "Facing Up to Black Anti-Semitism | commentary" Facing Up to Black Anti-Semitism - Joshua Muravchik, Commentary Magazine (I will avoid too many personal observation stories, but I can assure you that Jews often get shouted at by senile old blacks, who often speak their minds openly, on the streets of New York. Just like senile old whites often let their feelings be known, by openly shouting the N word, when they are too old/stupid to moderate the line between their racist thoughts and words. One of my best friends is a Palestinian born Orthodox Jew, and he gets shouted at often. I get caught in the crossfire and only days ago was just approached and called a "hooknose" by a senile old fool who thought I practiced Judaism or something.) (I don't like sharing these types of stories because they can often get selective and very often just add to confusion, when we have enough already) But understand that I was also talking about common mainstream media reports of Russia financing the various anti E.U. right-wing nationalistic parties in Europe. I find nationalism disturbing for so many reasons. Where it comes from, I really don't know, as I admitted frankly in my post. But I ask for folks to use a little humility in the search for answers, and I will try to avoid questioning the motives of individuals in return. I see ignorance as creating a climate that enabled Trump to rise, so I tend to make attempts to identify and combat (however futile?) the root causes. Edited by AdminModulous, : No reason given.
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jar Member (Idle past 414 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Of all the places to find a nugget Vanity Fair seldom made it to my search list but today one short paragraph did catch my eye. I guees you can't get more alternative media than Vanity Fair:
quote: That pretty much sums up this Administration it seems.
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jar Member (Idle past 414 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
So far Donald Trump has been named in over 50 Federal case lawsuits in 17 States between being sworn in on January 20th and February 1st.
For Obama the number was 3 while Bill Clinton and G.W. Bush were named in 4. That is a HUGE number.
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NoNukes Inactive Member |
HUD official fired for criticizing Trump | CNN Politics
Republican consultant Shermichael Singleton was fired for an op-ed he wrote before the election that criticized.
quote: Of course, there is no legal principle that says that you cannot fire someone for their political opinion or party affiliation. Nonetheless, some stuff sure seems petty. Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. Thomas Jefferson Seems to me if its clear that certain things that require ancient dates couldn't possibly be true, we are on our way to throwing out all those ancient dates on the basis of the actual evidence. -- Faith Some of us are worried about just how much damage he will do in his last couple of weeks as president, to make it easier for the NY Times and Washington post to try to destroy Trump's presidency. -- marc9000 |
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Adminnemooseus Administrator Posts: 3974 Joined: |
Links/references please.
Moose/Adminnemooseus
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jar Member (Idle past 414 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined:
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I said that was from Vanity Fair but simply Googling "Trump named in over fifty lawsuits so far" will bring up many, many, many, many, many, many references to the story. It is NOT under reported.
NBC NewsMax NYDailyNews India Today NPR
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jar Member (Idle past 414 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined:
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quote: From Steven Miller's Face The Nation interview last Sunday. Now if that don't scare folk nothing will.
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ThinAirDesigns Member (Idle past 2394 days) Posts: 564 Joined: |
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Tangle Member Posts: 9504 From: UK Joined: Member Rating: 4.7 |
Jawohl, Mien Fuhrer
Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif. Je suis Parisien. "Life, don't talk to me about life" - Marvin the Paranoid Android "Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved." - Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1425 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined:
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quote: No, comments like that will be soundly mocked, laughed at and ridiculed, because, no Stephen, the president's powers are limited by the constitution, which he swore to uphold.
READ IT HERE with special reference to Constitutional Topic: Separation of Powers quote: The judiciary has the power to declare any law or executive act unconstitutional. End.of.argument. Enjoy Edited by RAZD, : .by our ability to understand Rebel☮American☆Zen☯Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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